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When Flesh Becomes Word: An Anthology of Early Eighteenth-Century Libertine Literature

OXFORD UNIV PR

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When Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these--The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)--are famous "whore dialogues," dramatic conversations between an older, experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable to the modern reader, these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.

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OXFORD UNIV PR

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European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

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9.72 Inches

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6.18 Inches

Publication Date

1970-01-01

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1.18 Inches

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0195161874

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1.41 Pounds

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9780195161878

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When Flesh Becomes Word: An Anthology of Early Eighteenth-Century Libertine Literature